Friday
Jan182008
Magnum: The Edit Detector
Friday, January 18, 2008 at 10:49AM Lloyd Alvarez has just released a super handy DV Rebel tool called Magnum—The Edit Detector. It's a script for After Effects CS3 that automatically finds edits in a layer by analyzing the imagery. It then either marks the edits with layer markers or slices the layer at the cut points.
The latter of course is a perfect first step to a DV Rebel grading workflow. Now you can easily get your cut into After Effects without worrying about EDLs or XML or whatever.
This process is known as "scene detection" in high-end grading systems, and now you've got in in After Effects. And it's free-as-in-beer. As in, Lloyd, I owe you one.
Reader Comments (3)
Wow -- that is incredibly cool. Thanks Stu!
holy crap!
where were you like a week ago? hahah i just finished a ton of work this wouldve been awesome for..
great work regardless.
heres another sweet tool:
http://dvfilm.com/MXFX/index.htm
lets you transcode any P2 shot media to any other P2 format regardless of pulldown or frame size and it'll even make a new P2 structure for you combining cards into larger than actual P2 folders.
plus it flips 35mm adapter shot stuff for you.
just found out about this and it seems sweet.
j
holy crap. This script is basically my whole first job out of school + a levels adjustment. Wish I had it then.